Friday, September 10, 2010

Texas Sea Grant Program- Ocean Education Diversity Videos

Texas Sea Grant is seeking energetic and creative young filmmakers to take part in the inaugural Ocean Education: Diversity in Videos (OEDIV) contest. Teams comprising students in grades 6-12 are invited to submit videos, no longer than 5 minutes, that convey clear and important messages about the ocean in terms the general public can understand.

Student teams must include at least two and no more than five students and be supervised by an advisory teacher. Entries can be in English, Spanish or both. Contest registration opened Sept. 1, 2010. Registration forms can be downloaded from the Texas Sea Grant website. All videos, in the form of a DVD disc, must be received in the Texas Sea Grant office no later than Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. The judges' decisions will be announced by January 15, 2011.

The first and second place winners will be invited to the NOSB Loggerhead Challenge on February 5, 2011, in Corpus Christi and the NOSB Dolphin Challenge on February 26, 2011, in College Station, for screenings of their videos. NOSB audiences include scientists, graduate students, teachers, and the many high school students who compete in the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.

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Community Service Activities

Soda Tab Collection - Travis 4-H is once again collecting soda can tabs. All tabs collected need to be submitted to the 4-H Office. Tabs collected will be turned in for money which will be used to offset costs for families utilizing the Ronald McDonald House.

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Helping Hands Program - Freytag's Florist

Freytag's Florist Helping Hands Program is designed to help non-profit organizations. Fretyag's Florist will donate 5% of the total transaction each time an order is placed and the organization and program are mentioned.

Freytag's Florists has been and continues to be a supporter of Travis County 4-H. Let's do our part and support them by spreading the word of this great program.

When you order an arrangement, be sure to mention Travis County 4-H and the Helping Hands Program.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Cooperative efforts of Travis County and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service have made the Travis County 4-H program possible. Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program are open to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating.